Culturing Nerve Cells

Culturing Nerve Cells
Author: Gary Banker
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 706
Release: 1998
Genre: Anatomy
ISBN: 9780262024389

A do-it-yourself manual for culturing nerve cells, complete with recipes and protocols.

Memory Mechanisms in Health and Disease

Memory Mechanisms in Health and Disease
Author: Karl Peter Giese
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 461
Release: 2012
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9814366692

Memory Mechanisms is an edited review volume that summarizes state-of-the-art knowledge on memory mechanisms at the molecular, cellular and circuit level. Each review is written by leading experts in the field, presenting not only current knowledge, but also discussing the concepts, providing critical reflections and suggesting an outlook for future studies. The memory mechanisms are also discussed in the context of diseases. Studies of memory deficits in disease models are introduced as well as approaches to restore memory deficits. Finally, the impact of contemporary memory research for psychiatry is illustrated.

Synaptic Tagging and Capture

Synaptic Tagging and Capture
Author: Sreedharan Sajikumar
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2014-10-15
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1493917617

Serves as a comprehensive introduction and overview of synaptic tagging and capture (STC) and covers the topic from molecular and cellular aspects to behavior. Circa 15 years ago the STC model was proposed to provide a conceptual basis for how short-term memories are transformed into long-term memories. Though the hypothesis remains unconfirmed due to technological limitations, the model is well consolidated and generally accepted in the field. Various researchers have investigated the cellular mechanisms for the formation of long-term memory using the STC model, but this is the first book-length treatments of STC. This volume features an introduction by Prof. Richard Morris and Prof. Cliff Abraham.

Translational Control of Gene Expression

Translational Control of Gene Expression
Author: Nahum Sonenberg
Publisher: CSHL Press
Total Pages: 1034
Release: 2001
Genre: Gene expression
ISBN: 9780879696184

Since the 1996 publication of Translational Control, there has been fresh interest in protein synthesis and recognition of the key role of translation control mechanisms in regulating gene expression. This new monograph updates and expands the scope of the earlier book but it also takes a fresh look at the field. In a new format, the first eight chapters provide broad overviews, while each of the additional twenty-eight has a focus on a research topic of more specific interest. The result is a thoroughly up-to-date account of initiation, elongation, and termination of translation, control mechanisms in development in response to extracellular stimuli, and the effects on the translation machinery of virus infection and disease. This book is essential reading for students entering the field and an invaluable resource for investigators of gene expression and its control.

Biology of the NMDA Receptor

Biology of the NMDA Receptor
Author: Antonius M. VanDongen
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2008-10-29
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 142004415X

The NMDA receptor plays a critical role in the development of the central nervous system and in adult neuroplasticity, learning, and memory. Therefore, it is not surprising that this receptor has been widely studied. However, despite the importance of rhythms for the sustenance of life, this aspect of NMDAR function remains poorly studied. Written

Introduction to Neuropsychopharmacology

Introduction to Neuropsychopharmacology
Author: Leslie Iversen
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 568
Release: 2009
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0195380533

The text ranges from drugs that affect the mood and behavior to hypnotics, narcotics, anticonvulsants, and analgesics, as well as a variety of drugs that affect the autonomic nervous system and psychoactive drugs used for non-medical reasons - nicotine, alcohol, opiates, psychostimulants and cannabis."--BOOK JACKET.

The Ionotropic Glutamate Receptors

The Ionotropic Glutamate Receptors
Author: Daniel Monaghan
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 381
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1461239621

The Ionotropic Glutamate Receptors provides the first detailed survey of the biochemical, physiological, and pharmacological properties of recombinant ionotropic glutamate receptors. The distinguished contributors show how the molecular characteristics of these receptors account for many of the properties of native ionotropic glutamate receptors. They also examine in detail the properties of glutamate receptor subunits, including receptor modulation by phosphorylation and the anatomical localization of specific glutamate receptor subunits as determined by in situ hybridization and immunochemistry. The Ionotropic Glutamate Receptors conveys the first clear insights into the molecular bases underlying the wealth of pharmacological and physiological data on these receptors.

Fundamental Neuroscience

Fundamental Neuroscience
Author: Larry Squire
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 1277
Release: 2008-04-02
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0080561020

Fundamental Neuroscience, Third Edition introduces graduate and upper-level undergraduate students to the full range of contemporary neuroscience. Addressing instructor and student feedback on the previous edition, all of the chapters are rewritten to make this book more concise and student-friendly than ever before. Each chapter is once again heavily illustrated and provides clinical boxes describing experiments, disorders, and methodological approaches and concepts.Capturing the promise and excitement of this fast-moving field, Fundamental Neuroscience, 3rd Edition is the text that students will be able to reference throughout their neuroscience careers! 30% new material including new chapters on Dendritic Development and Spine Morphogenesis, Chemical Senses, Cerebellum, Eye Movements, Circadian Timing, Sleep and Dreaming, and Consciousness Additional text boxes describing key experiments, disorders, methods, and concepts Multiple model system coverage beyond rats, mice, and monkeys Extensively expanded index for easier referencing